"Why aren"t you joining us?" Brian asked Rachel who was still sitting at the lounger acting like a chaperone.
"I"m fine here" Rachel said as she looked at Brian who was wearing his swimming trunks and had a towel draped across his shoulders. As she looked at his still wet muscled body that was covered in ink she couldn"t avert her gaze immediately and ended up staring at him for longer than was polite.
"Really?" Brian said and sat next to her on the lounger making her move so that he would have s.p.a.ce to be comfortable.
"Mmh," Rachel said as she nodded and looked the people on the pool shouting at each other in the pool.
Brian saw a waiter pa.s.s by and called him over asking him to bring two gla.s.ses of wine. He had seen her with her friends around the bar earlier but since the others were enjoying themselves while she was sitting there as sober as a monk made him think that she probably just had a strong tolerance and was probably just having drinks that were not high in their alcohol content.
A few minutes later, the waiter brought him two gla.s.ses of wine and he graciously handed one of them to Rachel who was surprised when a gla.s.s of wine suddenly appeared in front of her. She took the gla.s.s without thinking much about it and looked at Brian.
"Cheers" Brian said and clinked his gla.s.s against Rachel"s and brought it to his lips before taking huge gulp that pretty much emptied the winegla.s.s.
Rachel felt weirdly compet.i.tive and also emptied the wine gla.s.s she was holding in her hand. She quickly gulped down the sweet and sour liquid that left a trail of warmth as it flowed down her throat into her tummy.
Brian looked at her in fascination her actions reinforcing his thoughts on how he thought she had a high tolerance. The waiter who had not left yet picked up the two empty gla.s.ses and brought replacements.
"So what do you do?" Brian asked Rachel who was slightly absent minded as she stared at the people at the pool.
"Oh, Um, I"m a jewelry designer" Rachel replied.
"Really? Where do you work?" Brian asked curiously.
Rather than reply, Rachel opened the small purse she brought with her and took out her wallet and handed him her business card. Brian took it in his hands with a raised eyebrow as he did not expect her to give him her business card.
"Oh you work at Rock Jewelries" Brian said as he brushed his gaze over the card.
"No, I own it" Rachel corrected.
"Ah~" Brian said as he checked the card for a second time and saw the CEO t.i.tle on it.
"Yeah, what about you?" Rachel asked curiously
"Alot, outside the military I own some businesses" Brian said.
"Is it like top secret?" Rachel asked.
"Just some IT stuff, I don"t go in the field anymore" Brian explained completely understating what he actually does.
"You do business on top of that? Isn"t it exhausting?" Rachel asked.
"Not really, since no one is forcing me to do business anyway" Brian replied. His father would rather he stop doing business completely.
Brian clinked his gla.s.s with Rachel"s again and finished off his drink. When he looked to her he saw that she too had finished drinking.
"Should we join them?" Brian asked once he took the wine gla.s.s from her and rather than turn him down.
She nodded her head and opened the zipper of the top she was wearing and shrugged it off her shoulders revealing her bikini top. She had worn the swim wear just in case she changed her mind later and decided to go in the pool and she was thankful that she did.
She then proceeded to unfasten the b.u.t.ton that fastened the skirt she was wearing and unwrapped from her waist before standing up and realising that she still had her heeled sandals on and sat down again.
Brian calmly watched her busy herself but soon noticed she was having a hard time with her shoes. He stood up and went to her side before kneeling on one knee and placing her leg on his other knee.
"It seems like i"ve been handling your shoes for you today" Brian joked and heard her Rachel giggle.
[A/N: Yes she "Giggled"]
Brian was surprised and looked up at her from his position and noticed that her eyes had become heavy lidded and her cheeks were flushed. She had rested her head on her hands that were rested on her knees and her hair had fallen forward framing her face.
"are you drunk?" Brian asked with raised eyebrows and Rachel giggled in response before shaking her head.
"Really?" Brian asked skeptically and watched as Rachel used her thumb and index finger to show how drunk she is before cutely smiling at him with bright eyes.
Brian could only helplessly laugh as he removed her shoes and placed them closer to the lounger so they wouldn"t get kicked away by accident.
"Are you sure you can go into the pool?" Brian asked still holding her foot in his cool hands and Rachel nodded in affirmation.
"Stand up for me first" Brian said as he released her leg and stood up before she too stood up. She was still very steady as long as you ignore her flushed face, she looked alright so he did not force her not to go to the pool.
"Let"s go" Brian said and was startled when Rachel suddenly took off planning to jump into the pool. Fortunately, Brian caught her by the waist before she jumped in her legs were already in the air which served to show how strong he actually was.
After settling her on her feet once more, they heard wolf whistles from Liam and the others. They were obviously teasing him and he rolled his eyes at them.
"Sit down first" Brian patiently instructed and Rachel obediently sat on the edge of the pool. Brian jumped into the pool first and turned to Rachel who was looking at him in expectation making him laugh helplessly once more.
When he moved closer to her she stretched out her arms and grabbed on to his shoulders and slipped into the pool.
"You can let me go" Brian said when he realised that she was still holding on to him even though she was already in the pool. As a result she was standing so close to him she was almost hugging him.
"Mmh" Rachel said carelessly and released him before heading towards everyone else who was playing around in the pool.
Jen"s jaw could have been picked up from the floor from how shocked she was at what she saw.
"Who is that imposter?" Jen asked Lucas as she pointed at Rachel.
"If you don"t know, how am I supposed to know?" Lucas replied in amus.e.m.e.nt.
The two of them were standing at the bar with Jen sitting on one of the bar stools and Lucas hovering behind her. She had noticed Rachel and Brian when Rachel started removing her clothes.
"Finish your drink, I feel like i"m missing out" Jen complained at Lucas who was enjoying his whisky.
"You can go now" Lucas rea.s.sured once more.
"And leave the birthday boy all alone? Drink fast, you"ll drink more later" Jen said as she hugged his arm so she could lean against him since bar stools did not have a back you could lean on.